My letter was polite, so this response is obviously canned.
woops, title should say professor, not professdor.
Basically, I wrote that the professor should be fired because he is obviously too biased, emotional, and unstable to possibly to solid academic work.
So the President of the college is saddened by the violence of language directed at the anthropology department after this pice of filth professor calls for the murder and desecration of the bodies of those of our boys in harms way. I would point out that professor digenova is the virus that cuased this. How long would the professor last if he had uttered the racial epithet that starts with "N?" How long would he have lasted if he called for death to those demonstrating for Saddam? He would have been already gone.
If i had the power,tomorrow morning he would be waking up in a prison camp.
The admin keeps saying that his comments don't reflect the U or the Dept but he, as an employee, is a representative of the institution. If they choose to continue his employment then they are sanctioning his position defacto. I mean he said it in the school, at a so-called “TEACH”-in. And his non-apology was just as offensive. Where am I going wrong here?
A simple "We're sorry" would have done it. But instead the department takes that moment for a self righteous whine about the tone of some of the letters they have received.
Some folks have commented that de Genova has no possibility of getting tenure after this, but, personally, I think Columbia University is such that his tenure possibilities actually increased after his appalling statements.
Frontpage mag has an interesting story about how this guy's boss has a long history of support of radical anti military causes. (Sorry I can't find the link)
The way these guys claim to "support the troops" to deflect critisism makes me sick.
Edward Said, the rock throwing Palestinian professor who was caught fudging the facts in his autobiography, also teaches at Columbia.
On Wednesday, 30 professors held a "teach-in" that
degenerated into open hatred of America.
Anthropology professor Nicholas De Genova received national
coverage for his comments calling for fragging of our
officers by soldiers and for the military defeat of
America.
"'Peace is not patriotic,' DeGenova began. 'Peace is
subversive, because peace anticipates a very different
world than the one in which we live--a world where the U.S.
would have no place.'
'U.S. patriotism is inseparable from imperial warfare and
white supremacy,' he said. 'U.S. flags are the emblem of
the invading war machine in Iraq today. They are the emblem
of the occupying power. The only true heroes are those who
find ways that help defeat the U.S. military.'
Between DeGenova's condemnation of patriotism and his
call for 'fragging'--'I wish,' he said, 'for a million
Mogadishus'--his speech provoked many of the professors who
spoke later in the night to assert their disagreement."
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/03/27/3e82ec7193097?in_archive=1 New York News Day, and the Associated Press covered the
story:
Columbia professor's anti-U.S. military call
Columbia teacher calls for `a million Mogadishus;'
referring to 1993 ambush of U.S. servicemen
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/03/28/sprj.irq.professor.somalia.ap/index.html Teach-In, Turn On, Walk Out
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-continetti032803.asp According to Matthew Continetti and other observers, De
Genova's remarks were applauded by the students.
In fact, the ideological tenor and conformity of the
"Teach-In" was rebuked by the anti-war staff of the
Columbia Spectator.
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/03/27/3e82ee188475e?in_archive=1 Professor De Genova has responded to the criticism by
claiming that he was quoted out of context. However, De
Genova concluded his letter to the Columbia Spectator by
writing:
"Is this a tirade against anything and everything
'American'? Far from it. First, I hasten to remind you that
'American' refers to all of the Americas, not merely to the
United States, as U.S. imperial chauvinism would have it.
More importantly, my rejection of U.S. nationalism is an
appeal to liberate our own political imaginations such that
we might usher in a radically different world in which we
will not remain the prisoners of U.S. global domination. "
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/03/31/3e881bf8297f2 Professor De Genova's comments were completely in context
with his hatred of the United States.
Professor De Genova is untenured. I hope that the
administration takes into account the damage De Genova
caused to the reputation of Columbia, when they review his
performance.
Unfortunately, contempt for our President and our foreign
policy since September 11th, is the party line for the
Departments of History, Sociology, Political Science, and
MEALAC. Professor Eric Foner, the former head of the
history department and President of the AHA, commonly
portrayed as a moderate in these articles, is an open
communist.
http://www.columbiacons.net/foner.html Professor Anders Stephanson, another history professor
and speaker at the "Teach-in", wrote in a NY Newsday
article that the President Bush is on a messianic crusade
to dominate the world.
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpste233184949mar23.story However, this is tame criticism compared to the hatred
shown towards the US in his book, "Manifest Destiny:
American Expansionism and the Empire of Right," where he
tries to delegtimize the country. In the past, Anderson
has suggested that Israel has no right to self defense as
it is a racist colonialist enterprise. Given that he
considers the US to be in the same category, it is
no surprise that Stephanson has not condemned De Genova.
Likewise, Professors Joseph Massad and Hamid Dabashi, the
chairman, of the Middle East and Asian Languages and
Cultures Department (MEALAC), have apologized for terrorism
by Palestinians and Hizbullah. Former PLO member Edward
Said, author of "Orientalism", the theory that has defined
Middle Eastern Studies around the country, not only shills
for terrorists, but committed an act in July 1999, when he
attacked Israeli soldiers from Lebanon. Despite this, and
questions about Said's biography, Columbia named a chair
after him (financed by an anonymous donor) and awarded it
to Rashid Khalidi, another apologist for terrorists. For
more information on MEALAC, see Campus Watch's page on
Columbia,
http://www.campus-watch.org/survey.php/id/16 Fortunately, this radicalism is not reflected by the
undergraduate population. According to a Columbia Spectator
survey, students are almost evenly divided on the war.
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/SEC/War+in+Iraq On Wednesday, the Columbia University Anti-war Coalition
held a student walkout. The event, planned over spring
break, drew approximately 400 students. To the shock of the
anti-war crowd, an ad hoc counter-rally, organized in one
day, drew 100 students and matched the intensity of the
radicals.
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/03/27/3e82ed042f5cb?in_archive=1 You can see pictures of the counter rally at
http://www.fun-times.net/modules.php?set_albumName=protest&op=modload&name=Gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php&PHPSESSID=8090e7e1e2886887d1583e302 65a4171
Despite this embarrassing turn of events, radical
students held a rally to change university policy.
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/03/28/3e845c551a2b9 After Barnard professor Peter Juviler brought up the events
of 1968, the administration agreed to hear the student
demands. The radicals, falsely claiming to represent the
majority view, called on the university to release an
anti-war statement, cease co-operating with Federal
authorities over foreign students, and no longer invest in
companies
profiting from the war.
It is imperative that the administration resists the
extortion of radical students and professors. This will
only occur if alumni contact President Bollinger, Provost
Cole, and the Trustees. You can contact President Lee
Bollinger by e-mail at
bollinger@columbia.edu or call him
at 212-854-9970. Provost and Dean of Faculties, Jonathan
Cole, can be contacted by e-mail(
jrc5@columbia.edu), phone
(212-854-2403), or fax (212-932-0418). Should you be so
inspired, you can e-mail Professor De Genova at
npd18@columbia.edu, or fax him at 212-854-0500.
In related news, there will be a pro-Iraqi
Liberation/pro-America rally at Columbia on Wednesday at
12:15 at Low Plaza. The Columbia College Conservative Club,
CU College Republicans, and Students United for America are
sponsoring the rally. We hope that a large turnout will
dissuade the
radical leftists and their sympathizers in the faculty and
administration from repeating the disastrous events of
1968.
This event is open to students from around the city and
metropolitan area.
Ron Lewenberg
Founding President,
Columbia College Conservative Club
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/conservative Student Liason,
Columbia Conservative Alumni Association
http://www.columbiacons.net/intro.htmlSome folks are educated way beyond their intelligence...